By Al Myers
Details for Art’s funeral have been made. Denny just passed along this information to me:
“Art’s viewing is Tuesday May 29th at Anthony Mastrofrancesco Funeral Home in Alliquipa, Pa. from 4 to 8 PM. The funeral is Wednesday May 30. You can get all the info and the obituary on the Funeral Home website. “
A link to Art’s obituary is here – http://www.mastrofrancescofuneralhome.com/obituaries/Arthur-Montini/#!/Obituary
by Dave Glasgow
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
2018 USAWA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hosted by:
LEDAIG HEAVY ATHLETICS
Sunday, July 15th, 2018
Weigh In 9:00-10:00 AM
Lifting starts at 10:00 AM sharp
LIFTS TO BE CONTESTED
Turkish Get Up
Clean and Jerk – One Arm
Push Press – From Rack
Deadlift – Fulton Bar, One Arm
Questions or directions to the venue
dglasgow@cox.net
By Denny Habecker
I just got a phone call from Art’s son Mark. He said that Art passed away tonight. He said he got sick yesterday and Mark took him to the hospital and he died tonight. He said his heart gave out. Mark said he would let me know the details of the service when he knows.I will post the details as soon as I know them.
By John Mahon
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2018 IAWA OLD TIME STRONGMAN WORLD POSTAL
Al Myers and myself are pleased to announce the IAWA Old Time Strongman (Otsm) World Postal. This will be held on the weekend of the 14-15th of July.
This is something Al and myself have been working on for a number of months and we have ensured that this will not have any impact on the other IAWA international events.
A bit of a background of how this has come about:
The Otsm is the brain child of Al Myers. It is designed to bring All-round weightlifting and strongman together. All the lifts Al has introduced to this format are all named after legendary old time strongman and the each lift is unique to these legends. The otsm has been apart of the USAWA for some years now and I introduced it to the Australian all-round weightlifting scene, soon after Al launched it, where it has taken off.
The Otsm has been become one of the most popular meets in both USAWA and Australian lifting calendars. I had received many requests from the Australian lifters to get the otsm on the international calendar so I decided to contact Al Myers early last year and we got the ball rolling.
How it will work:
This is not going to be like any other postal.
This Postal will be held annually on the 2nd weekend of July. (there is an exception to this but this will be explained in detail in the postal rules)
This postal will be held in only 1 venue in each participation country.
Each participation country must complete this postal on the allocated weekend.
Currently the USA and Australia already have venues and promoters locked in. We are keen to have other countries participate in this postal so if anyone wants to participate they just need to contact either Al or myself.
IAWA Old time strongman World Postal. Registration and information attached. There are currently 3 nations confirmed- Australia, England and the United States of America. We welcome participation from other countries but please not this postal can only be held at 1 set venue per country.
ENTRY FORM: IAWA Old Time Strongman World Postal 2018
By Al Myers
The nomination & voting period is over for the 2017 USAWA yearly awards, to be awarded at the National Championships in several categories for outstanding performances within the USAWA. I have just finished the tabulations and I am getting ready to contact the awards shop to get the awards made up. So – I KNOW who the winners are but that’s still a secret until the awards presentation time! But there is ONE AWARD that is announced ahead of time – the USAWA Club of the Year. The reason it’s announced early is that it is really not a mystery as to who the winner is as this is the one award that is based on generating points instead of votes. I have outlined this point system several times in the past so I won’t rehash all that now. What I’m trying to say is this – anyone can add up the points on their own as ALL of the information is available on the website to do so, thus this winner is “no mystery”.
No club can win an award like this based on one individuals performance or effort. It takes contributions of several. I want to thank EVERYONE who was part of CLUB DINO GYM this past year, because this is EVERYONE’S AWARD. I was VERY pleased how our gym functions were attended by gym members. For the year 2017, the Dino Gym had a total of 16 lifters joined the USAWA that listed the Dino Gym as their member club. I want to recognize and thank these lifters now (in alphabetical order): Emily Burchett, Cale Dunlap, Ben Edwards, Calvin Heit, RJ Jackson, Cody Lokken, Zach Lucas, Dan Mather, Al Myers, LaVerne Myers, Molly Myers, Jason Payne, Brandon Rein, Dean Ross, Chad Ullom, and Dan Wagman.
The final standings for the 2017 USAWA CLUB OF THE YEAR (only top 5 listed):
1. Dino Gym – 41 points
2. Schmidt Barbell Club – 25 points
3. Habecker’s Gym – 23 points
4. Ambridge Barbell Club – 17 points
5. KC Strongman – 13 points
As per the original rules for the Club of the Year, the defending USAWA Club of the Year is not eligible the following year, and instead is responsible for “passing the title” at the next year’s awards presentation. Thus, Frank’s Barbell Club, the 2016 USAWA Club of the Year, is not in this year’s rankings.